The Real Truth about the Keto Diet

The Keto diet has been all the rage across the U.S. The
most googled diet of 2018 has many celebrity spokespeople, including Halle
Berry and Kim Kardashian, and claims to offer an easy, fast, and healthy way to
make that stubborn belly fat disappear, and allows you to eat your favorite potato
chips while it happens. What is this popular trend? Is it really safe? And does
it actually work? We will be taking a very close and unbiased look at the keto
diet and trimming the fat, so to speak, as we get down to the nitty gritty
surrounding this trending diet.

What is the Keto diet?

The origin of the Keto diet dates back to the 1920’s
when doctors were using it to help their patients with epilepsy curb their
symptoms. The Keto diet is a high-fat, moderate-protein, and extremely low carb
diet, that essentially forces the body to enter a metabolic process in which it
burns stored fats for energy, instead of the carbs that it usually relies on.
While this diet was effective in helping over 50% of patients lower their
number of seizures, and another 10-15% who became seizure free entirely, in one
study, some doctors are warning their patients that this diet is not effective,
and sometimes not even safe, when it comes to weight loss. The Keto diet recommends
dieter’s food intakes are 70-80% fat, 20-25% protein, and only 5-10%
carbohydrates. The desired ratio is 3-4 grams of fat for every 1 gram of carbs.
WOW!

Is it safe?

So what is the problem here? It’s a diet that allows
you to eat tons of fatty foods, and somehow lose weight while doing it. Ketosis
is not necessarily harmful to the body, so is there really any downside here?
Well, yes. The fatty foods that are recommended with this diet are notoriously
UN-healthy. One doctor described the diet as “Putting butter on your butter”
Meaning that it may cause even worse health conditions down the road. Aside
from just not feeling well a lot of the time, according to keto dieters, High
cholesterol, an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes may be in your
future if you choose to stick with this diet trend.

Does it work for weight loss?

The answer is yes, and not really. While this diet may
accelerate weight loss, and you may shed
a couple of pounds quickly, when you do eat carbs again you may not only
regain the weight you lost, but end up with more excess weight than you started
with. More fat and an increased risk of heart disease? No thank you.

In closing, the Keto diet may not be the “fast track
to a slim waist” that it claimed to be, but that does not mean that there isn’t
a diet out there that will work for you. Everyone’s body, and circumstances
differ, which means that just because something worked for cousin Becky, does
not mean that it will work for your neighbor. While the thought of losing
weight while scarfing down a whole chocolate cake may be what dreams are made
of, it looks like this is one dream that hasn’t turned into a reality just yet.
When starting a new diet, it is recommended that you take the time to do your
research and think about what this diet is suggesting that you eat. If “butter
on your butter” is on that list, I would keep scrolling.

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2 COMMENTS

It’s not just butter on butter, you’re suppose to take in healthy fats. Avocado’s, olive oil, coconut oil etc. Yes you can eat butter but they want you to focus on healthy fats in general. Also, it is obviously not healthy to eat a whole cake weather keto or not. You still have to count net carbs, calories etc. As for the health issues, because you are suppose to cut out all sugar the diabetes should not be an issue. There have been numerous success stories about people who have reversed they’re diabetes because as stated previously, you cut out all sugar and as starch turns to sugar in your body, eliminating most carbs means you’ve effectively eliminated most bad sugar that goes in your body.
I’m sorry but your article is not very in depth and it sounds like you need to do more research.